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Our brains aren’t flying solo; our emotions also come into play when we’re interacting with the world, new research finds.<p>The idea that our brains are like giant supercomputers, orchestrating and determining everything we do, has gained ground in recent years. So too have ideas that a short time …

Proof that life imitates art — or at least <i>Black Mirror</i> on Netflix — China will soon be imposing strict penalties for those with low “scores” on its so-called “social credit” system. Starting May 1, Chinese citizens with low scores will be unable to travel via plane or train for up to a year, …

Last week, news of a previously-unknown iPhone unlocking device called GrayKey surfaced, and today, MalwareBytes shared photos and additional information about the product, which is designed for law enforcement officials.<p>Created by a company named Grayshift, GrayKey is a small, portable gray box …

You’ve been sitting quite a while there; why don’t you stretch your legs for a moment before reading this?<p>Imagine such a nudge coming not from a doctor or your mother or a life coach (or from us) but from the very desk and chair underneath you. It’s part of the more productive, more comfortable …

Architectural innovation, an active arts scene, and eco-friendly transportation are bringing new energy to the Chilean capital.<p>Chile’s capital city is rising to its dramatic setting next to the Andes. And beneath these majestic mountains, Santiago’s <i>rincones</i> (nooks) now delight locals and visitors …

TypingDNA has a new approach to verifying your identity based on how you type.<p>The startup, which is part of the current class at Techstars NYC, is pitching this as an alternative to two-factor authentication — namely, the security feature that sends unique codes to a separate device (usually your …

Researchers have mapped out deaths from alcohol, drugs and violence across the U.S. and found troubling patterns of despair that have worsened in recent years.<p>While deaths from alcohol abuse, suicide and violence are down, they are more than outweighed by a gigantic 600 percent increase in drug …

We are far more than just stored memories. To come back as an artificial being bereft of family and friends seems meaningless<p>Are you longing for your brain and all its memories to be preserved for ever? That once fanciful idea seems creepily closer now that a complete pig’s brain has been …

Have you noticed your clocks are lagging? It’s not an anomaly in the spacetime continuum, fortunately.<p>The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSOE), the body that sets up the internal energy market and ensures its optimal functioning, put out a statement explaining …

LONDON — If the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal really was poisoned by Putin's agents, it might have been done by a "sleeper" agent activated for precisely that task.<p>That is because there are probably more Russian sleeper agents in the UK and US today than there were during the Cold War, …

Remember those 'sonic attacks' against the American and Canadian embassies last summer, making staff queasy and raising all kinds of questions as to what happened? There <i>might</i> have an answer. University of Michigan researchers have theorized that the incidents were really the result of ultrasonic …

ATLANTA (AP) — When a north Georgia high school teacher was charged this week with firing a gunshot from inside a barricaded classroom and setting off a frantic lockdown and evacuation, it was not his first troubling encounter with police.<p>Just over a year ago, school employees and a police officer …

We have that and more in Friday’s NBA newsletter.<p>LeBron James went around the back to nutmeg his own screen-setting teammate and split two defenders and finished by scoring a layup (with a foul).<p>I repeat: James went around the back to nutmeg his own screen-setting teammate and split two defenders …

China wants to become a country of innovation, and lead the world in artificial intelligence in 2030. By one indicator, it’s on its way.<p>China is outdoing the US in some kinds of AI-related intellectual property, according to a report published in mid-February by US business research firm CB …

In the world of anatomy, fascia is a relatively new discovery. This web-like layer of connective tissue surrounds vital organs, muscles, and nerves, allowing them to move freely within the body. But researchers are only beginning to understand how critical this tissue may be to functions of the …